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Category Archives: Miniatura
Spring Min.
Greetings miniaturist! I know you know what this picture is all about. The 24th scale articulated porcelain aunties are all top left and the children are in rows below. I may be getting better at this after only thirty years … Continue reading
The Min
Miniatura was absolutely wonderful. I would have written about it sooner but the unexpected aftermath, nothing at all to do with the show, has floored me. The OH, unpredictable and difficult, took himself off to Italy for a week, the … Continue reading
Autumn Min.
I am delighted to say that this time next week, I’ll be at Miniatura. After all the sadness of the last few weeks we all could do with something as uplifting as Autumn Miniatura. I have never failed, whether as … Continue reading
Autumn Miniatura.
It is only a month to Autumn Miniatura. If you are a new miniaturist, drawn into the hobby by television programmes, Miniatura is the place to be. The television programmes feature amateur miniaturists making twelfth scale miniatures by a variety … Continue reading
Five days!
To go to the show. I had forgotten how long it takes to get ready for a show. Not the making, which takes a lifetime of practise and the practical six months from one show to the next, but the … Continue reading
Dolls for the Min
Under normal circumstances, whatever they are, at this point a few weeks before the show I would be dashing around like a mad fool, doing multitasking, other wise known as displacement activity. The facial injury, however, makes anything other than … Continue reading
Spring Min.
It is looking as likely as rain in England that Spring Miniatura will take place at the NEC. Therefore I am working flat out dressing dolls. When I say flat out, it took me a week to rev up to … Continue reading
The Min.
It is two years since I was writing about Miniatura. Just in case you are a new reader, please allow me to enlighten you. Miniatura is the miniature art show that has been in existence since the eighties, of the … Continue reading
Midweek Miniatura–again!
Oh it is such a joy to be writing about everybody’s favourite miniature show again. I love writing about the amazing artists, there are some, I’m one, who only do Miniatura. In my case it’s because one original artist producing … Continue reading
Midweek Miniatura
I am so happy to be writing that title again, there were times when I thought it might not happen, but Miniatura is back, back, back! I, however, am not. As you know if you’re a regular reader, I have … Continue reading